Qatar announces the launch of a new shipping line with Iraq

Doha: The Ministry of Communications announced the launch of a new shipping line between Qatar and Iraq as of early May.

“The project was launched during a meeting in Doha between the Qatari Minister of Communications and Communications and the Iraqi Minister of Transport,” the ministry said in a statement.

He added that “during the meeting announced the opening of a new shipping line to the port of Umm Qasr in Iraq and will arrive the first ship on the first of May next.”

The launch of the project comes as the Qatari government seeks to expand its contacts with the Arab countries against the background of cutting off Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt, diplomatic relations with Qatar and stopping the maritime, land and air traffic with them.